Safe Fourth plans led by Carlisle committee head Burgess Brown
A statewide roundup reports Carlisle plans a safe Fourth with Burgess Brown leading the committee and local school children soliciting funds. Uniontown travelers reach Cleveland after 193 miles on poor roads, while a Morrison's Cove farmer loses whiskers and eyebrows returning home. Gypsies near DuBois impound 48 horses, paid for trespassing. Quail enters a Williamsport hotel window then escapes. A Lebanon flock yields 2442 eggs in April from 100 hens. Northumberland's Isaac Bordner, 6 ft 6 in and 315 lb, buried in a 7% ft long casket. An 8-year-old in South Lebanon loses an arm after a washing machine accident. A Perry County man finds a pocketbook lost 40 years earlier containing old copper cents and a Spanish coin from 1783.
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Carlisle
Burgess Brown
R. E. Umhel
Fred A. Close
Drems Rhodes
David Rhodes
Uniontown
Cleveland
Lake City
Morrison’s Cove
Hollidaysburg
DuBois
John DuBois
Williamsport
K. A. Peiffer
Lebanon
Lebanon Valley
Northumberland County
Northumberland
Isaac Bordner
Point Township
Henry Zuz
Ephriam Zug
Prescott
Wilson W. Morrison
New Germantown
Perry County
Alma
J. Morrison
Morrison
Mexico
Carlos III
Deceit as disguise corrupts courage and loyalty
A critical reflection on cowardice and deceit, arguing that hiding behind a visor teaches followers to lie. The rhetoric condemns treachery and the habit of speaking falsely as moral failure. The passage denounces deceit as cowardly and servile.
Pen Name Punster Signed as Prisoner in KC Star
A prison inmate signs only with his number in a Kansas City Star submission, prompting the editors to joke about a pen name. The item highlights inmate authorship and the paper’s light tone.
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Kansas City Star
Youthful Bandmaster Steals Spotlight in Richmond Chautauqua
The nine year old Angelo Vitale leads a young Richmond band in a lively performance. The ensemble showcases several gifted boys as they swing batons with energy and precision. Patrons praise the program during the ongoing Chautauqua Assembly, now in its ninth year.
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Angelo Vitale
Cheaping and Chaffering Across Swiss and English Traditions
The piece explains how in parts of Switzerland the baker's wife carries bread in a hamper and bargains on price with customers a practice called cheaping which England often rendered as chipping. It notes Norton as an example of Cheaping Norton and mentions a humorous exchange from the Houston Post about truth in marriage and cooking.
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Switzerland
England
Norton
A Fluent Talker Conversationalist in Slang
A dialogue vignette shows a man asking if a wife is a good conversationalist and noting she talks fluently. She interrupts herself, and the exchange suggests irritation at a woman speaking slang. The piece captures social attitudes toward female talkativeness and language.
The Quaker Who Carried His Vote Papers
A Philadelphia Quaker faced a poll inspector who demanded papers before voting. He fetched the required documents from home to cast his ballot, repeating the pattern the following year with a wry remark about making the journey a mile for them.
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Philadelphia
Washington Star
Wall Street Name Tied to Dutch Military Wall of 1654
The article explains Wall Street’s name origins in 1654 from a Dutch earthwork built to defend New Amsterdam. English settlers from Connecticut moved toward Westchester creek near Bronsborough as Dutch forces guarded gates at Broadway and the East River, with the wall marking the town’s northern boundary.
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Wall Street
Connecticut
Ocean
Westchester Creek
Bronsborough
New Amsterdam
Broadway
East Oiver
New York Times
Wealthy New Yorker’s engagement ends in disaster joke
A Brooklyn observer recalls a New York man whose daughter became engaged to Count Beau de Beau in Nice. The man, rich before, faces ruin as a market crash hits weeks before the wedding. The Count reassures with a wry line about finding another heiress tomorrow.
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New York
Nice
Count Beau de Beau
Overhang Houses in Early New England Settlements
By 1670 Plymouth and Bay colonies replaced wooden chimneys and log houses with two story homes. Second stories often overhung the first and attic, a feature common in Elizabethan England. Settlers copied their English houses, not for shooting at Indians.
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Plymouth
Bay
England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
England and the silver greyhounds messengers
The king's foreign service messengers known as the silver greyhounds wear broad silver disks bearing a galloping greyhound and crown. Trusted with delicate duties, their chief qualification, Lord Palmerston noted, is the artful skill of holding one s tongue in several languages.
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England
Foreign Service
Lord Palmerston
London Express
Wellington portrait request echoes art history anecdote
The Duke of Wellington sought David the artist who painted Napoleon to portray himself. David declined, saying he paints only historical characters. The exchange highlights the painter's strict focus on history over contemporary figures.
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Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
David
He Began to Talk Business in a Daring Pact
In a tense exchange Mr Stinjay vows to win the fair girl with relentless effort. She tests his resolve asking for a stone of at least a carat and pure white to be convinced. The scene hints at a developing courtship built on challenge and persistence.
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Mr. Stinjay
Short Warm Evening Sermon Sparks Quick Reflection
A Detroit Free Press quote contrasts modern sermons with the old pace noting they end before a man can sleep. The remark highlights impatience with rapid speaking and desire for longer, more thoughtful homilies.
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Detroit Free Press
Engagament ring tact fuels feuding lovers
A fragment from a gossip page depicts Belle-Edgar and Neil in a love triangle. The dialogue mocks Belle-Edgar’s tact in selecting an engagement ring and Neil’s habit of returning gifts, highlighting social plots and romantic maneuvering in a small town.
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Belle
Edgar
Neil
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